Just stay with me on this one…

I love to pray the way David does in the Psalms.  He pours his heart out in the most honest, raw way I’ve ever seen.  He sometimes doubts and questions God’s timing.  Then he says the most important word: but.  He’s honest with God about how he’s feeling (He knows how we’re feeling anyway, so why not be honest about it), then stops, and relies once again on his faith and trust in the God that he knows and loves.  He’s not being fake, he’s not just saying what he thinks God … Read the rest

I didn’t know there was going to be a Part 2…

After I wrote what turned out to be Part 1, I went to bed and just laid there.  I laid there and I started talking to God.  It wasn’t like a formal, “Dear Lord” kind of a prayer, I just started talking to Him.  I told Him how I really wanted to do something for the Bucks, but I didn’t know what.  There was nothing I could do.  At least not today.  And I hated that.  I hated that I couldn’t do anything.  I hated that I couldn’t hug … Read the rest

My pastor, my friend, my boss, had a brain tumor removed two weeks ago.  The next day he was emailing, making phone calls, on Facebook, it was amazing.  Miraculous even.  He was better than before having the surgery.  Then today happened.  He and his family got news that the tumor was stage 4 cancer.  Cancer.  Quite possibly my most hated word.  It’s been 8 1/2 years since my life was bruised by that word and I would have been perfectly happy to never hear it again.  Tonight I got another bruise, along with the hundreds, possibly thousands of … Read the rest